Private James Blood

Army Number: 12000

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Hartshorne, Derbyshire. Son of Josia and Hannah Blood, of Slater’s Row, Hartshorne. He was a farm labourer at Hall Fram, Hartshorne prior to enlisting at Derby. He went to France 8th September 1914 and was killed in action, 4th March 1917, whilst the Battalion was in the area of Bonnay, France.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private James Blood is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Hartshorne, Derbyshire.